Camera-shtttter-operatiirg device



B. JANUSZBW'SKI. CAMERA SHUTTER UPERATINGDEVIGB.

A APPLIOATIONYI'LBD MAY 29,191A2.' v l 1,045,149; Patented Nov. 26,1912,

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eng. subject ofthe p erman Empire, residmg at Bevere, 1n ,the

county -of Suffolk and Stateof'lilassachusetta have invented an Improvement in Camera-Shutter-Operating Devices, of which the following is a specification. 4

Thisinvention relates to certain improvements in devices for 'o erating theshutters of cameras automatica mined time, vso that the operator may, for

example, be given time to place himself within the 'range of the camera, 'aftert ,e camera is set, and before the shutter s i "The object of my invent-ion is tOiProYde asimple device which .is adapted to be readi ily attached to any ordinary camera and.

which, with certain modifications, may be made to 'operate any is shown. as the usual thumb lever, although it may be readily adapted for'v use' tb -o ferrite'- other.

v,formsofshuttercontrolling dfiees.; 'if

For an understanding* f my invention reference made. to the accompanylng drawing, in which,

Figure l is a .front elevation of 'my device showing the samein position on an. ordinary camera. ig. 2f is a .side elevation thereof. Fi s. 3 ande; are-elevations on an enlarged scae showing the-parti of my de'- vice 1n different positions. Fig. 5 is' a sec- 3. Fig.. 6 is a. 3. Fig, 7 is 8 ig'G. F ig.

section at the line 6 6, of Fig.

isa section at'the line 8-f8, of

is a. de'tail viewof the main-spring for the .time-o eratingv mechanism.

In .the drawing a indicates an ordinary camera having 'the'usual shutter-operating lever 3l.

4According to my invention I provide a..

easing@ which is adapted .to be attached to the? camera-many convenient manner, as by g arms d'. v

" .The mechanism of theldevice comprises a time-operating. mechanism which is similar telen-'ordinary clock or .watch movement, and an actuating mechanism which isada ted to actuatethe shutteroperating mec anism lwhen .released by the time-operating mechanism. The? time-operating mechah .the casin ly after' a predeterricos for'controllingfcamera ',slzutters. The present embodiment of my inventionV especially adapted to operate.

gage manyv notches c3 formed in-the walls of casco",

nism comprises'an arbor e, rotatably mounted in bearing-plates .0',- 02, secured. within g, and having a square portion onwhich a' ratchet-'wheel f is mounted and' held against vrelative rotation. A cog-Wheel g,

having a ratchet-wheel h connected thereto,-

is rotatably mounted on a round portion of the arbor e in proximity to' wheel f.- A pair of p awls e', are in .position to engage the toothed periphery of the ratchet-wheel f, so that relative rotationis' permitted in one direction and prevented in the 'other. A pawl j is mounted on the plate o and is held,vbya spring 1c,

in contact with the ratchet-wheel It, so that rotation ofthe wheels g and L in only one direction is permitted. A main spring m is -arranged about. the arbor a, in a cylindrical case c", secured' on bearing plate c2, one end 'of said spring being connected to the arbor and' the other Vend being :arranged lto enone of -a series of holding so that only a certain tension may be placed 4on the 'spring under any condition, as the f spring will si the next, when it has been wound to a cer p from one holding notch to tainextent.. The gear-.wheel qeis arranged to engage an escapement o through interlmediategears p 'and g, and said escapement 1s operated by an ordinary balance-wheel o which regulates the speed .of the time-op`-,

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Patented Nov. 26,1912.'

mounted on the cog-wheel g' erating mechanism in the usual manuel. A

-setting-hand'r ,is mounted on the arbor e,

andis arranged on the outside of the casing which is provided with a dial c graduated from an mitialor zero position, in anj.r desired manner. l A A locking-device, 1n the" form of a flat sprlng'arm's, 1s secured by a screw .5", to the plate 'o2 and is provided with an intermedif ate tooth 82 at one 'side thereof, so, arranged,

that, under certain conditions, it may bear against the end of arbor e, or may enter a notch e' formed in the end thereof. A controlling lever t is pivoted on the plate 02 by pivott, and is provided with an arnlt2 at one end, which 1s 'adapted to engage the periphery of the balancewheel 0, in certain .positions of said lei-'r1'. A handle, t3 is con` neeted.` to the opposite'end of the lever t and projects through the dial 0*, sald dial beingprovided"with a slot c5 -ar1 'anged to permit the levert toA be swung from a posl'- ltion inwhich the arm t2 will eng ge the the clock-mechanism, tov s. position in 4which said mechanism will be relea' "d, It is to be noted` in' this connection f th t'the linger t2 isvheld nearly tangentially with relation to the balance-wheel'ol so that'the engagement of the .arm with the balance-wheel will be light' and will also be such as to cause the balance-Wheel to oscillate whenthe arm is mvedout ot contact therewith. The l lever 1o t also has an inclined, lu t at ,one .side thereof, which. is adapte to 'engage the under side of the spring arm s in the stop position ofthe lever, to hold said arm s out of contact with the end ofthe arbor e.

i A winding drum u is provided on a shaft u". mounted in the plates c', c2, and a spring ju is connected at one end to said shaft u and encircles the same, and is connected at its other end to the plate c.V A cord 'w is connected 'to the drum u and is adapted to be wound thereabout, so that, when' 'the lcord is pulled lfrom the drum, the sprinfr 'v will be wound, and when theocrd is released it will be wound on the drum by the spring.

Said cord-is adapted to be connected by a chain fw' to the shut-ter- 'operating lever as shown in Fig. 1. A 4 i A ratchet-wheel :a is` mounted 'on and secured to the shau. and a gear Vwheel y is 41,0 rotatably mounted thereon at one side thereof. A pawly 'is mounted on the gcary in engagement with the. teeth of ratchetwheel w, so that relative rotation in one direction only is. permit-ted.- A pinion .z is arranged in mesh, with the ar y and said pinion has a. 'pair'.of oppositely extending arms e', z?, thereon, which are arranged to swing into engagementwith a, lug as on the end of arm s, in certa-in positions of said 40 arm.

The operation 'of my device is as fotlows :-The lever t is normally held in the stop position of Fig. 3, in1 which osition its arm t2 engages the balancehee p and holds the same stationary. At the same time the arm s, is supported by lug t* whichhas been forced thereunder, so that the lug s is held out of contact with the arbor e.

The camera lever b -is first set, so that theshutter will be opened when said leveris moved, an then the cord w is pulled outwardly and attached to the shutter operating-lever b. This action will cause the spring 'u to be wound, the ratchet-Wheel a:

being moved forward with relation to the pawl y', so that when the cord is released fthe spring tends-to drive the wheel y and pinion e through. the pawl y. As the lug s3 is now held in the path of arms 2', s2, one

of them will immediately' be 'moved into engagement therewith, so that the drum is locked against rotation by the spring, as shown in l"ig.f3 The hand r is then swung in the direction of the arrow in Fig. l, to

U5 any desirbftt position from the zero point, as

, to the 'point Z on the dia-l, as indicated-by. the

dotted line position of. Fig. 3. This causes A the main-spring m to be wound, and, atthe .70

same the arbor e to be moved to such a position that the notch e therein is at one side of the lug s3, as shown in Fig. 3.' As. the ha-nd'r is rotated back,turning thearbor e and winding the spring m, the ratchet f will be rotated forward with relation to the pawls z', while the wheel g will beheld from rearward rotation 4by pawl j acting on ratchet la., and, when the hand 4has been swung'as far as desired, forward rotation 80 under the action of the lspring m is prevented by arm 2. .The starting-lever t is then moved to the start position of Fig. L causing the balance-Wheel to Vbe started, so that the mechanism will be driven, and, at the same time, the lug t* will be moved out of contactI with the arm s permitting it to swing down, so that its lug s2 bears o n the end of t-he arbor e. The arm z2, however, still engages the lug .s3 so that thel winding 90 drum u .is still locked. The fihechanism+ continues to operate until the notch e passes into register with the lug s, so that the arm s Will-no longer be supported by the arbore and will move laterally, so that the lug s2 95 will pass into the notch e. The arbor e will thus be locked against further forward movement by the lug s2, this locking operation occurring as the hand r reaches the zero point. The lateral movement of the' arms 100 causes its lug .s3 to be moved out of engagementJvith the arm z2, permits the spring u to operate the winding-drum to wind the cord w thereon, thereby causing the shutter operating'lever to be moved, and, the ex- 105 posure to be made.

When the device lis lto be reset, the lever t 'will be moved to the f stop position lifting the arm s, so that it is moved out of locking engagement with the arbor e and so that its lug e3 is again moved into position to be engaged by the arms a or z2 when the cord w 1s again drawnout to wind .the actuating device. The operation above described mayr then be repeated.

By having the main-spring m disconnected from its case the hand r may be turned backward from any point to the zero point without straining the spring.

1. An automatic operating-device for cameras comprising an actuating-spring, a locking-device for holding said spring under tension, time-operating-mechanism for controlling said locking-device, a controlling- 125 device for starting and stopping said mech'- anism, and means operated by said controlling-device to hold said locking-device in locking position when said controlling device is in stopping position, and to release 130 Lif) said. locking-device when, moved-to starting position. Q l. i

2. An automatic operating-device for cameras comprising an actuating-spring, a lockingdeviee for holding said'spring under tension, time-operating-mechanism, movable het-Ween. astarting and a lstopping position, ifneansy .carried bysaid mechanism to hold said locking-device in locking position when said mechanism is in starting position, and means to move said locking de.- vice out toi locking position when said mechanism is moved to stopping position.

3. An automatic operating-device for cameras comprising an actuating-spring, a locking-device for holding said spring under tension, time-operating-,mechanism movable between a starting and an operating position-and having a recessed face .tor holding 'said locking-device in locking-position when said mechanism is out of operating position, and means to move said locking device into said. recess to release said .l operating position.

4.. An automatic operatingdevice for cameras comprising an actuating-spring, a locking-'device for holding said spring under tension, time-operating-mechanisml for controlling Asaid locking-device, a

controlling-device for starting and stop,npingy said mechanism, and `means operated by said controllingfdevice to hold said locking-device in locking position Whenlocking-device to 'move to unlocked position when said mechanism moves to operating position.

5. en automatic operating-device for cameras comprising an actuatingvspring, a locking-device for holding said spring under tension, timeoperatingmechanism movable between a starting position and an opspring when said mechanism is vmoved into eratin'g position, a .controlling-device having means for simultaneously. engaging said mechanism to prevent movement 'thereof and to hold said locking-device'in locking position and movable to start said mech# anism and release said lockingdevice,"and means controlled by said operatingmechanism for holding said locking-device in op erative position when said mechanism is out of operating position and permitting said lockingdevice to move to release said spring when said mechanism is moved to operatingposition.

6. An automatic operating-device for cameras comprising an actuating-spring, a time-operatingmechanism movable from a starting to an operating position, lockingdevices for holding said spring under tension and said mechanism from movement, and means, controlled by said mechanism when it is moved to operating mechanism, to move said devices to release said spring and lock said mechanism. f'

7. An automatic operating-device for cameras comprising an actuating-spring, a time-operating-mechanism movable from a starting to an op'eratingposition, locking- "devicesfor holding said 'spring under tension and said mechanism from movement,

and means to move said locking devices simultaneously to release said spring andlo'ck said mechanism when said mechanism is moved to operating position.

time-operatingmechanism movable from a. starting to an operating position, -a lockingarm having means to hold said spring under` tension and 'said operating mechanism against movement, and means, controlled Vby said mechanism when moved to` operating spring and lock said mechanism..

f In testimony whereof, have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of 8. An automatic operating-device for L85 ca meras comprising an actuating-spring, a

position to move said arm to disengage said Y 

